edgar wappenhalter / hellvete / rpf lanze - split - morc records - cd- 8$
Just before leaving on a joint european tour in april 2011, Urpf Lanze, Edgar Wappenhalter and Hellvete each contributed one song for this compilation, clocking off just under half an hour. A coherent work, with three quite different artists contributing some of their best material thusfar. This ep is limited to 200 copies. comes in a 3-panel foldout sleeve, accompanied by a tourposter
michael tanner and sharron kraus: - in the rheidol valley - morc records -lp - 17$
As the title of their joint album suggest, this lp was recorded in the Rheidol Valley in Wales. Sharron and Michael took some instruments with them, went for a long walkin the valley, and did some recordings there. This results in a mix of improvisations, songs with a folk structure and some field recordings. The album has a very organic feel to it from start to finish.
These two tracks are the first to be heard from the much anticipated collaboration of Dawn Smithson & Aaron Martin. Dawn's haunting melodies, clear vocals and disorted minimal guitar lines blend in perfectly with Aaron's vague and wide string arrangements.
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annelies monsere -somewhere someone - morc records -7" - 5$
her first 'official' solo-output since 2005 -after collabs with ao jessica bailiff and birch book. pretty much focussing on organ sounds and harmonics, in her unique style: scarce, minimal and haunting tracks. Somewehere Someone is probably more dark and droning than previous works. ltd to 170 copies, comes in handwritten and handstamped sleeves
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R.O.T. - ceci n'est plus avioth/ils chantent pour vous - morc records -one sided lp -14$
the most minimal work of this acoustic noise bigband thusfar. two long tracks of slightly melodic analog sounds. comes in a beautiful silkscreened sleeve.
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edgar wappenhalter- on the beach - morc records - lp - 20$
On The Beach brings a perfect symbiosis of Wappenhalter's reverb-drenched folksongs, and his ecstatic tapeloop-experiments. Expect plenty of songs that blend shoegaze and psychfolk, or that sound like a beachparty heard from so far away that you can't tell what the dj is playing, only that it sounds familiar and that you like it.
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the puddle parade - origami - morc records -cd - 12$
the puddle parade: [thuh puhd-l puh-reyd]
1. imaginary children's game. while walking on the street after a summer rain, you have to make sure to step on either only puddles or no puddles at all.
2. one-girl band, bringing frail lullabies with vague melodies and distorted, fading voices a minimalistic crackling toy orchestra in slow motion. member: ellen evers. tools: guitar, voice, melodica alto, melodica soprano, music boxes, children's accordion, tooth brush, analog 4-track recorder, distortion pedals, loop station, xylophon, zither, dictaphone, and many more stuff. worked with: annelies monseré, tara jane o'neil and machinefabriek… in one way or another. born and raised in: eastern germany, and with good childhood memories in mind. moved to: utrecht, the netherlands about 6 years ago.
origami: [or-?-gä-mé]
1. the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
2. the debut album of the puddle parade. 35 minutes of very minimal, hissy and adventurous popsongs. Influences ranging from experimental analog electronics to mid-nineties lofi. Melodic sound-sketches put together as an audio-notebook. the sounds of birds whistling translated via instruments and vocals. pressed on cd, housed in a brown cardboard packaging, with lovely two-colour silkscreened print.
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drekka - howl on wind tour ep-morc records -3" cdr - 4$
5 new tracks, pretty much song oriented - including covers of damien jurado and annelies monsere. lofi folksongs, sometimes distored but at all times fractured
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